Rotary vegetable cutter on a horizontal axis with a follower feed



L. o. D. HARRIS ETAL ROTARY VEGETABLE CUTTER ON A HORIZONTAL Nov. 2, 1948.

AXIS WITH A FOLLOWER FEEDl 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 14, 1946 I l1 vel/tors va A* Maggy/406.57%-

NOV 2, 1948- l L.. o. D. HARRIS ET AL ROTARY VEGETABLE CUTTER ON A HORIZONTAL AXIS WITH A FOLLOWER FEED Filed March 14, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l i l Inventors l 750A/,4R0 ZQHHAS Y y M24/5.2.2910@ 57'?? Ateys Patented Nov. 2, 1948 RGTARY VEGETABLE CUTTER ON A HORI- ZQNTAL AXIS WITH A FOLLOWER FEED Leonard 0. D. Harris, Clifton, Va., and Willie P.

Padgett, Forest City, N. C.; said Padgett assignor to said Harris Application March 14, 1946, Serial No. 654,313

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to vegetable cutters, designed to be driven by power, such as an electric motor, to quickly and properly cut up vegetables into smaller or comminuted particles, such as potatoes or the like and to discharge thesame into a removable container or drawer from which the same may be emptied for use or cooking.

An object of the invention is to provide a novel or simple form of vegetable cutter having means for pressing the vegetables such as potatoes, or the like, against the cutter blades or Slicers of a rotating cutting member with the desired force to efciently cut the same into smaller portions.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel form of cutter or blades and mounting therefor on a rotating disc or wheel revolving at high speed by means of a Suitable motor and capable of adjustment to cut the vegetables into pieces as desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cutter which comprises a simple and compact assembly capable of economical production and which will elciently serve its purpose as Well as being durable in use.

Other objects and advantages reside inV the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a vegetable cutter constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional View vertically on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is an enlarged diametrical sectional view of the cutter showing the mounting of the cutters or cutter blades thereon.

Figure 6 is a perspective view partly broken away and in section, showing the mounting of a cutter, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary enlarged elevation showing the mounting of the cutters on the cutter disc.

Referring to the drawings in detail, in which like reference charactersv designate corresponde ing parts throughout the several views, the vegetable cutter is shown as comprising a suitable horizontal support or table I0, which may be independently supported on a bench or table and having a receptacle or drawer II beneath an opening therein, slidable in guide ways I2 by means of side flanges I3 at the top of the receptacle or drawer, while the guides I2 are provided beneath the horizontal support or board `Il) constituting the base of the device.

Mounted vertically on the rectangular horizontal support Ill are spaced parallel vertical guides I Il in which a follower or pressure plate I5 is slidably mounted as by means of pins l5 engaging grooves ll at the inner faces 'of the guides or plates lll and provi-ded with a knob or handle I8 by which the same may be forced against the vegetables such as potatoes indicated at I9 to press the same against the cutter in the form of a disc 2l) having a plurality of cutting blades 2l arranged in radial rows thereof, preferably aligned and extending diametrically of the cutter disc 29'. This disc of the cutter member is fixed at its hub 22 as indicated at 23 by means of a set-screw or other suitable means, to a horizontal shaft 211A journaled in a bearing. 25 at the inner end on the support It and another bearing 2t in the form of a bracket inwardly of the hub 2l of a V-grooved pulley 23 also secured as by a set screw 23 to the outer end of the shaft 24. An endless belt 2B is engaged on the pulley 28 and a pulley 3G of smaller diameter fixed to the outer endof a shaft 3l constituting the rotor shaft of a motor 32 shown as an electric motor having an extension cord or cable 33 with a control switch 34 interposed in the length thereof and a plug 35 at the free end thereof for plugging into the socket of the house wiring of the supply line circuit. The motor 32 is supported within a casing 3G mounted on one end of the table or support l0 at the corner thereof.

The cutter disc or wheel 29 is protected by,

a cover or housing 3l hinged at 31 on the support I0 and against the inner side portion 3B of which it operates so as to keep the cutter clean at one side. If desired, inner side 3B has a bottom opening 39 at the front of the cutter to eX- pose the front face thereof except at its peripheral edge to engage the vegetables and protect the cutter member.v Thus, the edge of the cutter disc 20 operates under the top housing portion 3l and depends into the receptacle or drawer Il'vinto which the cut vegetables are discharged and collected for use. The cutting blades 2l have sides or flanges ill) and are detachably and adjustably mounted on the disc 20. They comprise channel or U-shaped members having end lugs 4I at their bight or connecting portions apertured to adjustably secure the same to the disc as by means of bolts or the like 42, either the disc or the lugs being slotted to permit adjustments and projec- I 3 tion of the cutting edges 43 at the ends of the base, bight or connecting portions at the opposite enlarged or widened ends of the cutter blades 2| from the surface at the inside of the disc. It Will be noted that the sides or top and bottom surfaces of the cutter blades are of substantially triangular formation and therefore, beveled on one side constituting the hypotenuse of the triangular formation as indicated at 44, so as to project at an acute angle from the surface of the disc. The enlarged ends of the cutter blades may be embedded in slots or openings 45 formed in the discA and retained in position by slot ends 46 to project from the opposite side of the disc to permit the necessary frictional engagement and adjustment V of the projection of the cutter blades.

In operation of the device, the vegetables are placed in the space between the follower l 5 and the side plates or boards I4 and pressed against the cutter member. The motor is switched on at the. switch 34 so as to rotate the disc against the vegetables to cut portions therefrom, which as they are cut, are deposited into the receptacle or drawer H to be emptied therefrom as desired.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a vegetable cutter which will efciently cut vegetables of various kinds, especially potatoes or the like, into slices or small'portions for cooking and that it will greatly expedite the slicing thereof as compared to hand slicing.

In View of the foregoing description taken in conjunctionwith the accompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

We claim:

1. A vegetable cutter including a support, a receptacle provided beneath an opening in the support, a cutter member arranged vertically and rotating on a horizontal axis to extend into the receptacle, said cutter member comprising a disk having elongated openings therein extending at right angles to radii of the disk equi-distantly spaced apart and arranged in radial rows, and cutter blades having angular lugs secured to the side of the disk opposed to the side against which the vegetables to be cut are adapted to be arranged, and being in the form of channels with tapered sides having the edges of their wide ends in line with the cutting edges at the open sides of the channels frictionally engaged in the opposite ends of the openings to adjust the projection of the cutting edges from the opposite side of the disk, and means for pressing the vegetables against the cutter and means for adjusting the cutters relative to the vertical plane of the disc, whereby the cutting size may be controlled.

2. A vegetable cutter including a horizontal support having an opening therein, a shaft horizontally journaled to extend across the opening, a cutter disc fixed to the shaft, side plates on the support in front of the disc, a follower between said side plates adapted to force` the vegetables against the disc, a housing over the disc, a pusher knob on said follower, a receptacle slidably mounted under the support beneath the disc and opening, means for driving the shaft and cutter blades carried by the disc, said disc having openings therein arranged in diametrically aligned radialseries spaced apart, cutter blades mounted in said openings and adjustable relative to the vertical plane of the disc, said cutter blades lncluding cutting edges arranged angularly to the surface of the disc and having side portions extending therethrough, said cutter blades having end lugs and means to secure said end lugs to the disc to adjust the cutter blades frictionally through they openings the wide end of the side portions forming edges extending from the cutting edges and frictionally engaged within the ends of the openings remote from the secured ends of the cutter blades.

3. A vegetable cutter including a horizontal support having an opening therein, a shaft horizontally journaled to extend across the opening, a cutter disc xed to the shaft, side plates on the support in front of the disc having parallel 1ongitudinal upper and lower grooves in their inner faces, a follower between said side plates having end projections slidably engaging the grooves and adapted to force the vegetables against the disc, a housing over the disc, a receptacle slidably mounted under the support beneath the disc and opening, means for driving the shaft and cutter blades carried by the disc, said disc having openings therein arranged as the chords of arcs in radial series spaced apart, cutter blades adjustably mounted in said openings, said cutter blades including cutting edges perpendicular to said chords across common ends of the openings arranged angulariy to the surface of the disc and having right angled triangular side portions extending therethrough, said cutter blades having end lugs and means to secure said end lugs to the disc to adjust the cutter blades frictionally through the openings, said cutter blades having portions' connecting the side portions and end edges at the wide ends of the side portions at points remote from the cutting edges engaged against the opposite ends of the openings to retain the blades in position.

LEONARD O. D. HARRIS. WILLIE P. PADGETT.

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